12 posts categorized "Nature"

April 05, 2013

Who doesn't love all of the beautiful spring blossoms during this time of year? I just wish we had a few more days of sunshine to enjoy them before the wind and rain blow all of those beautiful petals away. Here are a few spring blossom sightings from around my neighborhood. The last one is of my little sweetie. I have to admit it's from last year but I just had to share it.

May 25, 2011

Every Tuesday my youngest cousin comes over to our house before and after school. My kids love it so much they have renamed Tuesdays “Carson Tuesday”. One thing I love about “Carson Tuesdays” is the fact that when my kids get out of school we have about 20 minutes before Carson’s school is out. Since his school is just down the road we have time to sit in the car together and just talk about their day at school sometimes Liv has a new book she wants me to read. All that to say, I love these times when I have their full attention.

This week as we sat in the car waiting for Carson to get out of school, I noticed a caterpillar on the hood of my car. The kids just had to check it out of course. I remember when I use to love these things. They aren’t my favorite anymore, but I still love to look at them. They sure are fun to photograph as well.

December 17, 2010

On the second day of our little weekend getaway in the mountains we took the kids inner-tubing down Ski Hill. Boy, did they have a blast! The snow was coming down like CRAZY! I wish I could have taken more pictures but my camera was getting too wet.

September 27, 2010

*Note*~ This was originally posted on Friday of last week. Somehow it was deleted. I am not sure what happened???

There is nothing like the beautiful golden colors of fall, set against the sparkling, blue skies that make up most of these early fall days.

Orange and aqua, one of my favorite color combos.

Speaking of favorites of fall...going to tea has to be one of my absolute favorite things to do. It seems as though this time of year and through to the holidays, call for late afternoon tea with the girls more often than any other time of the year. Of course, I wish this could be an everyday occurrence. Taking time to sit and talk in a relaxed and lovely atmosphere. Enjoying a good cup of tea and wonderful company, what could be better?

Last Friday was my niece, Miss G's Birthday party. She held court at one of our favorite tea rooms, the Queen Mary. Of course, for Miss Liv this meant getting all fancied up in her favorite "poofy" dress, completing the look with a marabou feather boa and frilly headband/hat. She felt quite fabulous!;-)

September 13, 2010

I went out for a walk this morning with acorns on my mind. Sad to say, I only found one little teeny-tiny one(pictured above), but I did happen to find that cool lollipop(at first I actually did think some little kid had dropped their bright red lolly on the sidewalk) looking thing. Our neighbors have a tree full of them, and they are the most beautiful colors, from a bright green, to pink, to red. So pretty! I am going to have to investigate what exactly they are.

But back to acorns, I really do love them, always have. I think they are such a sweet little mascot for the fall season. And there is something so enchanting and magical about them. Every time I see one, I can't help but think there must be a little fairy near by.:-) Here are a few of my acorn faves around flickr.

I know that we have all seen these little acorn caps with needle felted bodies, but I can't help but adore them year after year. I like the little twist and extra detail Jennifer Murphy put on hers. I think I need to make some for my table.

Yes, I am going to try and post something music related each Monday. I absolutley love all kinds of music, so this should be an easy thing for me. Let's keep our fingers crossed that I stick to it.;-) Another thing I love besides music is a happy accident, and that's what happened for this Monday's Music. I was searching out acorns around the internet, and happened upon this wonderful band I had never heard of, The Acorn. I think they have such a great modern-folksy(if that's possible?;-) sound, just perfect for this time of year, and it makes for great house cleaning music. Have a listen and enjoy their cute video!

August 03, 2010

I am finally getting around to posting a few of my favorite shots from the 4th of July. We spent the 4th on Whidbey Island. My husband's family has had a beach house there for many years. It is a wonderful place for a good old fashioned 4th of July celebration. Complete with potato sack races, egg toss, relay races, and lots of wonderful food.

This year's celebration was accompanied by gray skies as usual. Summer doesn't officially begin in the Seattle area until sometime after the fourth of July. This year has been no exception.

I hope you enjoy the some of the sights of a Whidbey Island 4th of July.:-)

Pulling up to the ferry line. I always love this view.

I am a bit obsessed with all of the lavender you can find around. It is so beautiful and smells heavenly. I just love how it looks along this path and against this white washed beach home.

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I love the intensity on their faces and their swinging hair. My niece is the red head closest in frame and my Miss Liv is the one with the long ponytail.

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Found beach treasures, such as agates and shells, fill jars in the window sill of the beach house.

June 17, 2010

These are some pictures of Liv's last field trip of the year. It was a lot of fun to see how interested the kids were in all of the different sea creatures. I wish I would have been able to get some better shots of all of the different critters.

Another beautiful gray June day in Seattle. Some of the kids feet got soaked. Wellies were a must!(-:

Pinching away.

I loved all of the color that the kids brought to such a gray day.

A wonderful time at the tide flats, so many beautiful things and all of the wonders of nature.

March 24, 2010

Park bench under the cherry blossoms....aah...spring. This is for awesome group Parallel Vision~Word of the Week~blur

I was busy with the kids all day today. The science fair is tomorrow night, so we were putting the finishing touches on the volcano display and experiment. Yes, volcano. Doesn't every 10 year old boy have to build an exploding volcano?(~.~) I wasn't able to get around to your photostreams today(actually yesterday), I will catch up with you all today(tomorrow). Confusing much?(~.~)